Faculty List

Steven T Vest

Steven T Vest

Associate Professor of Library Science and Head, Reference and Instruction Services
Joined Alma College Faculty in 1999
Library
(989) 463-7344
Office Hours: 9:00-5:00 MTWF 1:00-9:30 Th
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Education

  • MSLS Clarion University of Pennsylvania
  • MFA Indiana University
  • BFA Bowling Green State University

Research Interests

Collaborative and participative learning in library instruction.

Recent Courses Taught

Recent Presentations

Awards, Honors, Recognitions

  • Posey Award for Teaching

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Collge and Research Libraries
  • Michigan Library Association
  • American Library Association

Service to the College

  • Educational Technology Committee
  • Campus Judicial Committee
  • Communication Committee
  • Co-advisor Campus Radio Station
  • Search Committee: Reference and Instruction Librarian
  • Technology Advisory Committee

Service to the Profession

  • Michigan Library Association (Information Literacy Round Table)
  • American Library Association , Reference and User Services Association (Management and Operation of User Services Section)
  • American Library Association , Reference and User Services Association (Machine Assisted Reference Section)

 

Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation. Alma offers 22 varsity sports—11 for the women and 11 for the men—including four sports that debuted in 2011–12: women’s lacrosse and bowling and men’s lacrosse and wrestling.

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Graduate Profile

Julie Bolitho-Lee

Julie Bolitho-Lee
Graduation: 2006
Major: English

Since graduating from Alma College in 2006, Julie Bolitho-Lee has gotten married, finished a master’s degree, earned status as a dual citizen, published poetry, adopted two dogs and a cat, and traveled to more than 15 different countries.

Yet not once has Bolitho-Lee forgotten the incredible support she received from the English faculty when she was a student at Alma.

“I have always loved English—reading and writing,” she says. “I knew it would be my major before I even went to Alma, but the faculty in the English department fed and indulged my passions in unexpected and beautiful ways.”

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